Cattle-guard.



UNITED STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CATTLE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,667, dated May 9,1905.

i Application filed February 3, 1905. Serial No. 244,040.

To all whom, 'ft may concern:

Be it known that I, J osEPi-r PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Doddridge, in the county of Miller and State of Arkansas,have invented a new and useful Cattlc-Guard, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to cattle-guards employed for preventing cattleand other animals from passing from roadways to the railway-tracks orfrom or into an inclosu-re through which a railway passes, and has forits object to improve the construction and increase the efliciency ofdevices of this character.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the natureofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as here'- inafter full'y described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like characters, isillustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention capable ofcarrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that theinvention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in theshape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may be resortedto without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificingany of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is atransverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are detailsillustrating the construction of portions of the device.

The improved device comprises spaced string-ties 10 11 for supportingthe railwayrails 12 13 and connected at the ends by transverse members14 15. The parts 10 11 and 14 15 thus form an oblong frame forsupporting the rails and the parts forming the guard. Formed at suitableintervals transversely of the end members 14 15 are bearings 16 17, andmounted for rotation in these bearings by journals 18 19 are rollers 20.Covering-plates 21 22 are secured to the upper faces of the members 1415, as by screws or bolts 23 24,

and extending over the journals of the rollers retain them in position.The rollers are square for a distance at each end, and attached to thesesquare portions are laterally-extending wings 25 26, the wings being soarranged that their outer edges are uniformly spaced from the centers ofthe rollers, as represented in Fig. 2. The rollers being free torevolve, a slight pressure only upon the wings is necessary to rotatethem. Hence if the rollers be so spaced that the wing members entirelyfill the space between the rails 12 13 an animal cannot pass withoutplacing its foot upon one of the wings, which turning beneath the footwill at once turn the animal back and effectually prevent it frompassing.

If under unusual conditions an animal should succeed in passing one setof the rotatable wings, it would be checked by the next set.

The device is simple in construction, can be cheaply and stronglymanufactured of wood, except the wings 25 26 and plates 21 22, and isadapted for any locality where devices of this kind are required.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In acattle-guard, spaced string-ties for supporting the railway-railsconnected at the ends by transverse members, a plurality of rollersspaced apart and mounted for rotation upon said transverse members, andlaterallyextending wings connected to said rollers adjacent to saidtransverse members.

2. In a cattle-guard, spaced string-ties for supporting therailway-rails connected at the ends by transverse members having spacedtransverse bearings, rollers having journals rotatively engaging' saidbearings and provided with lateral wings adjacent to said transversemembers, and plates disposed upon said transverse end members andforming closures to said bearings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOE PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

ZEAK PooL, HENRY AToHIsoN.

